Legal Opinion
The Lexington Insurance Company v. Rugg & Knopp, Inc., and the Salt Lake City Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1999No. 98-2078PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
The Salt Lake City Corp. (“Salt Lake City”), Utah, contracted with Rugg & Knopp, Inc. (“R & K”) to construct a facility at the municipal airport. R & K did an unsatisfactory job and was ultimately terminated for negligence and incompetence. R & K had the foresight to insure itself against losses due to such dereliction with the Lexington Insurance Company (“Lexington”). Unfortunately for R & K, it failed to notify Lexington within the period prescribed by the contract of insurance. But luck — or the Wisconsin legislature — may have been with R & K, because a state…
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